George Clooney says of his children: “It’s important to me that they can survive,” and invites them to watch his handyman skills around their farm in France, including “fixing … the automated cover for the swimming pool” (Report, 7 October). It strikes me that he and I live in different worlds, with very different definitions both of “survival” and of “farm”.
Fiona Collins
Carrog, Sir Ddinbych
• Like Gillian Greenfield (Letters, 8 October), I used to put the radio on when I couldn’t sleep and often fell asleep to LBC News. Because of its traffic reports, I woke up fully apprised of the progress of the roadworks on Brent Cross flyover.
Mark Redhead
Oxford
• Paddington proves the old maxim “Do not poke the bear” (‘Laugh, muchachos’: Spitting Image studio sued after Paddington Bear episode, 6 October).
Woody Caan
Duxford, Cambridgeshire
• My favourite TV subtitle was during a jazz documentary (Letters, 6 October). Thelonious Monk was described as “the loneliest monk”, which I presume is the reason he produced great music, as there was no one around to distract him.
Simon Dobinson
Barnet, London
• As Hurricane Ida made landfall in 2021, Louisiana, according to BBC News, was “lashed by a Harry Kane”.
Nigel Beatty
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex
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